Banjo Bowl

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Banjo Bowl
Saskatchewan Roughriders logo.png
Saskatchewan Roughriders
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Winnipeg Blue Bombers
First meetingSeptember 12, 2004
Blue Bombers 27, Roughriders 24
Latest meetingSeptember 7, 2024
Blue Bombers 26, Roughriders 21
Next meetingSeptember 2025
Statistics
Meetings total20
All-time seriesBlue Bombers lead, 13–7
Largest victoryRoughriders: 55–10 (2009)
Blue Bombers: 51–6 (2023)
Smallest victoryRoughriders: 25–24 (2012)
Blue Bombers: 27–24 (2004)
Longest win streakBlue Bombers: 5 (2019–present)
Current win streakBlue Bombers: 5
(2019–present)

The Banjo Bowl is the annual rematch game between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) after the Labour Day Classic. While the traditional Labour Day Classic game is always played on the Sunday before Labour Day at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan (previously held at Taylor Field), there is usually a rematch on the following weekend between these two rival prairie teams at Princess Auto Stadium (previously held at Canad Inns Stadium) in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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History

From 1982 to 2003 consecutively, Saskatchewan hosted Winnipeg in the Labour Day Classic. This game was always held in Regina on the Sunday before Labour Day Monday. Some of these Labour Day Classic games were part of a home-and-home series. In 1984 and 1988, Winnipeg hosted Saskatchewan in the game before the Labour Day Classic. In 1986, 1991 to 1995, and 1998, Winnipeg hosted Saskatchewan in the game after the Labour Day Classic.

Dave Ritchie, Winnipeg's head coach from 1999 to 2004, would ask, "Why can’t we play [the Labour Day Classic] game in Winnipeg once in awhile?" [1] Ritchie knew the visitors should have a clear disadvantage playing in a jacked-up, jam-packed stadium, and felt that Winnipeg should benefit once in a while. [1] At one time, there were discussions about occasionally letting Winnipeg enjoy the home-field advantage and perhaps alternating year by year the site of the Labour Day Classic. [1] Every year starting in 2004, Saskatchewan has hosted the Labour Day Classic and Winnipeg has hosted the Labour Day Rematch. As of the 2024 season, Winnipeg leads the series 13–7.

As on Labour Day weekend when many Winnipeg fans visit Regina to support the Bombers, many Saskatchewan fans visit Winnipeg the following weekend to support the 'Riders. Many come, tongue-in-cheek, with banjos.

Despite not being an official event, the Canadian Football League website promotes the game by referring to it as "Banjo Bowl" in some of its online coverage [2] as does the league's official television broadcaster, TSN. [3] In 2013, the Premier of Saskatchewan, Brad Wall, joined in the spirit of the event by posting a video on his YouTube channel making reference to the rivalry and the Banjo Bowl game. [4] The Riders themselves have avoided the use of the title "Banjo Bowl" in official communications, referring to the game as the "Labour Day rematch". [5]

Name

The "Banjo Bowl" moniker was coined by Blue Bombers board member David Asper in early 2004, inspired by an infamous comment made by Bombers placekicker Troy Westwood in the week prior to a 2003 Western Division Semi-final game between the two teams. Westwood was quoted in the media as saying that people from Regina were "a bunch of banjo-pickin' inbreds." [6] He later apologized halfheartedly for those comments, saying that "the vast majority of the people in Saskatchewan have no idea how to play the banjo." [7] This further fuelled the Winnipeg–Saskatchewan football rivalry and has made the rematch game even more of an event. The game has been sold out every year since 2005.

Results

YearDateWinnerScoreVenueAttendanceTVRoughriders QBBlue Bombers QB
2004 September 12Blue Bombers27–24 [8] Canad Inns Stadium 27,160 Sportsnet Henry Burris Kevin Glenn
2005 September 10Roughriders19–17 [9] Canad Inns Stadium29,653 CBC Marcus Crandell Kevin Glenn
2006 September 10Blue Bombers27–23 [10] Canad Inns Stadium30,026 TSN Kerry Joseph Kevin Glenn
2007 September 9Blue Bombers34–15 [11] Canad Inns Stadium29,783TSN Kerry Joseph Kevin Glenn
2008 September 7Roughriders34–31 [12] Canad Inns Stadium29,770TSN Michael Bishop Kevin Glenn
2009 September 13Roughriders55–10 [13] Canad Inns Stadium29,533TSN Darian Durant Michael Bishop
2010 September 12Blue Bombers31–2 [14] Canad Inns Stadium29,533TSN Darian Durant Steven Jyles
2011 September 11Roughriders45–23 [15] Canad Inns Stadium30,518TSN Darian Durant Buck Pierce
2012 September 9Roughriders25–24 [16] Canad Inns Stadium30,077TSN Darian Durant Joey Elliott
2013 September 8Blue Bombers25–13 [17] Investors Group Field 33,500TSN Darian Durant Justin Goltz
2014 September 7Roughriders30–24 [18] Investors Group Field33,234TSN Darian Durant Drew Willy
2015 September 12Blue Bombers22–7 [19] Investors Group Field35,156TSN Brett Smith Matt Nichols
2016 September 10Blue Bombers17–10 [20] Investors Group Field33,234TSN Darian Durant Matt Nichols
2017 September 9Blue Bombers48–28 [21] Investors Group Field33,134TSN Kevin Glenn Matt Nichols
2018 September 8Roughriders32–27 [22] Investors Group Field33,134TSN Zach Collaros Matt Nichols
2019 September 7Blue Bombers35–10 [23] IG Field33,134TSN Cody Fajardo Chris Streveler
2020 Not played due to COVID-19
2021 September 11Blue Bombers33–9 [24] IG Field33,234TSN Cody Fajardo Zach Collaros
2022 September 10Blue Bombers54–20 [25] IG Field33,234TSN Cody Fajardo Zach Collaros
2023 September 9Blue Bombers51–6 [26] IG Field32,343TSN Jake Dolegala Zach Collaros
2024 September 7Blue Bombers26–21 [27] Princess Auto Stadium 32,343 CTV [28] Trevor Harris Zach Collaros

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